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  • Would you object to “treasonous cunt”? (Keep in mind my English sensibilities are that of the UK more than US.)

    I mean I wouldn’t be surprised if you do.

    However “agent” doesn’t convey the meaning I wanted. It lacks the emphasis of Putin being the one who asserts the terms.

    I’m sorry for enjoying outdated flowery language.

    The humorous bit isn’t being gay. It’s “Trump is a piece of pudding and Putin is an actual ruthless KGB trained wily politician who learned during the Soviets and will manipulate Trump easily”.

    I apologise for any offense. None was meant. Well, not towards sexual minorities. I meant to imply submissiveness, not homophobia. The problem here is also that some of these terms are okay to use within certain communities but you can’t know whether I frequent or identify with any of them. (Some I do identify with, although not too deeply, but let’s not get into my sexuality/gender it’s no excuse for the language I use.)

    Anyway, 100% my bad, youre right, in sentiment at least if not entirely rhetorically.

    I’m genuinely asking out of good faith here ; “agent” seems too clinical and without any negative connotation I wish to attach. I understand my choice of insult was in poor taste, so might I as for alternatives? (If you choose not to high-road me for why we should insult Trump and Putin, that is.)

    Gay rights and trans rights are human rights and if anyone wants to take them away I’m gonna identify as a problem. But… I’m also sometimes liberal with language. I’m open-minded to improving mine, but also use mine with confidence and sometimes it results in poor choices. Mea culpa.






  • And breaking the rules is pretty much always justified.

    Well, for cops shows and in the format.

    Spoilers for House. The later seasons actually came out during the time when shoes were moving from episodic to serialised. And as the show had always recognises House as being very reckless, it was easy to write an overarching plot to the later seasons where he actually faces consequences for his behaviour and personal problems.

    So unlike in cop shows, House actually does face the issue of his drug abuse and his abusive behaviour. Even going to prison at one point, albeit not for any medical shit he pulled.

    The show definitely has a strong anti-authoritarian taste compared to cop shows. House is a philosopher and always improving and questioning morals whereas cops just “follow orders” and break the law to achieve “justice” (which they have a perverted view which they got through shitty propaganda and don’t question.)




  • I think it was probably not that bothersome when it came out — seeing as it was nigh two decade ago. Society has changed.

    But i congratulate those 00’'-10’s producers for putting in what they did.

    It’s still handles kinda nicely at points, showing them clearly learning from the new values begrudgingly imposed.

    It’s not exactly hateful most times, but it is harmful.










  • Dasus@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldWell, you are the government
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    I don’t know if you realised, but I’m not talking about shows from the 70’s and 80’s, but of shows which are from 2006 and 2008 and which have the main character be of that modern era and then experience the 70’s/80’s through the lens of someone from ~2007.

    Yeah I was born in the 80’s, I definitely know that feel. My brain still defaults to calculating things as if it were 2000. “The 70’s? That’s 30 years ago.”